On this day in 2017, tree surgeons in Harpenden transformed a potentially mundane task into a work of art by carving an owl sculpture from a tree stump.
The Japanese Thuja tree, located outside Coleridge Court in Milton Road, had to be removed due to subsidence.
Tree surgeons Terry Buxton, who works for TGB Treecare, and Gary Ashley, decided to create a sculpture instead of simply dismantling the tree after discussing the idea with residents.
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Gary, a skilled chainsaw carver, designed and carved the owl sculpture from the original tree.
Terry said: “People were stopping us as we were doing it and we had loads of responses.
"I was employed to take the tree down and thought I’d do something with it. We didn’t charge them for it.”
[From the Herts Ad of August 5, 2017]
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